Scope and Contents This collection consists of correspondence to and from John J. Miller documenting his imprisonment at Johnson's Island, Ohio and military duties at Richmond, Virginia. Includes letters from his father James Miller and brother William J. Miller in St. Louis, and Mary Elizabeth Burd, later his wife, from Oakland, Missouri. Also contains photographs of Miller and his wife, an 1860 officer's commission from the State of Tennessee (Western Military Academy), and a short biography of Miller. ...

Content Description This collections consists of two accessions. Accession 98-078 contains correspondence, sermons, speeches, photographs, pamphlets, family recollections, personal writings, newspaper clippings, published materials, one artifact, and other materials. These materials arranged in four series: Annie Douglas Mitchell, Rush Family, Nimrod D. Denson Jr, and Miscellaneous. Accession 96-35 contains essays, a poem, correspondence between John W. Rush and his wife, Octavia O. Rush (including letters from...